Talk:Adwaita

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[edit] Date brought from Seychelles?

If Robert Clive lived from 1725 to 1774, can Adwaitya have been brought to India for Clive in 1875 as the article states at present? -- JimR 08:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

It must be a mistake. It was brought to the Indian Zoo in 1875 (and has been there since). It was brought for Clive at the late 1700's. JackO'Lantern 17:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger of Adwaita and Adwaitya

Suppport of merge. As the two articles use the same BBC article in their lists of sources, it appears that both articles refer to the same turtle while using alternate spellings of name. --Allen3 talk 18:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Support obvious need to merge. JackO'Lantern 18:55, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. Of course the two articles refer to the same tortoise. Just the spelling is different. We can follow the BBC spelling, which is Adwaita that also conforms with the Bengali spelling better.--Dwaipayanc 19:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

As there appeared to be concensus that this was the same turtle, a history merge has been performed on the two articles. --Allen3 talk 19:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

From WP:CPMV, it appears that history merge should be done only for cut and paste moves and no where else. This is also confirmed by a reading of WP:MM. Am I missing something? --Gurubrahma 15:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

The traditional spelling is Calcutta not Kolkata.

[edit] Oldest creature?

The claim that Adwaita may be the oldest creature is wrong. See List of long-living organisms. 'Oldest animal' might be correct, though. DirkvdM 19:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

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